Download Alabama Takes: SPIN’s Hangout Fest 2013 Mixtape

Bassnectar, Brassft Punk, Wild Cub, and more

The fourth annual Hangout Music Fest is just days away from transforming a sun-soaked beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, into a sandy shindig starring Stevie Wonder, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kendrick Lamar, Bassnectar, the Breeders and more. Feel free to pack our handy, 8-track mixtape next to your sunscreen. It features just a few of Hangout’s beach bruisers, from sand-castle-destroying bass drops to rappers on the rise to Daft Punk reimagined for brass band.

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